Rick Comegy will not be returning next season as head football coach at Mississippi Valley State University.University officials made the announcement Monday on the school’s website:“We have decided that the contract of Head Football Coach Rick Comegy, which ends Dec. 31, will not be renewed. We are thankful to Coach Comegy for his commitment to the Delta Devils over the past four seasons. We appreciate Coach Comegy for his service to MVSU, and we wish him well in his future endeavors.”Vincent Dancy will serve as MVSU’s interim head football coach while a search committee works to replace Comegy, university officials said. Comegy was fired in 2013 by Jackson State University after coaching the Tiger football team for eight seasons.

ITTA BENA, Miss. —

Rick Comegy will not be returning next season as head football coach at Mississippi Valley State University.

“We have decided that the contract of Head Football Coach Rick Comegy, which ends Dec. 31, will not be renewed. We are thankful to Coach Comegy for his commitment to the Delta Devils over the past four seasons. We appreciate Coach Comegy for his service to MVSU, and we wish him well in his future endeavors.”

Vincent Dancy will serve as MVSU’s interim head football coach while a search committee works to replace Comegy, university officials said.